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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2010
Hiroji Nishi, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
Yoshitaka Ikeda, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
Hiroji Nishi, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
Yoshitaka Ikeda, Minamitsuru-gun, JP;
Fanuc Ltd, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
A robot controller () controlling a robot () used combined with a machine tool () provided with a communication unit () connecting the robot controller to a machine tool, a detection unit () detecting through the communication unit a type and number of machine tools, and a setting unit () setting the robot controller based on the type and number of machine tools detected by the detection unit. Due to this, machine tool and robot startup work can be simply and easily performed without requiring skill or increasing the startup man-hours. The setting unit selects one setting file from among a plurality of setting files for the robot controller, stored in the robot controller, based on the type and number of machine tools detected by the detection unit.